Paul Spiring

Paul Richard Spiring is a British author and teacher.
Writing career
In June 2001, Spiring had a letter published in Biologist in which he proposed a novel diagnosis for Joseph Carey Merrick (aka "The Elephant Man"). He suggested that Merrick suffered from a combination of Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) and Proteus syndrome. This theory has since been tested but the results proved inconclusive.
During 2008, Spiring jointly authored two books with Brian Pugh: On the Trail of Arthur Conan Doyle and A Footnote to The Hound of the Baskervilles. Both works explore the extent to which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's friend, Bertram Fletcher Robinson may have influenced The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901). Pugh and Spiring concluded that Robinson's contribution was limited to that of an "assistant plot producer" and that he did not write any of the narrative itself.
In June 2010, Spiring had another book published that was entitled Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and Devon. This book was written with both Brian Pugh and Dr. Sadru Bhanji and it contends that the Sherlock Holmes global phenomenon is partly attributable to Bertram Fletcher Robinson and two other former Devon residents called Dr. George Turnavine Budd and Sir George Newnes. In May 2011, it was nominated for the Tony & Freda Howlett Literary Award 2011 which is awarded annually by the Sherlock Holmes Society of London.
Spiring has edited, or compiled, a further five books for MX Publishing Limited of London.
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